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Pandanus polycephalus
Origin: Southeast Asia including Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea to the Solomon and Caroline Islands in the Pacific.
| Family |
| Pandanaceae |
| Genus |
| Pandanus |
| Species |
| polycephalus |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Synonyms |
| Pandanus kurzianus, Pandanus rechingerii, Pandanus wallichianus |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H4 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -7 to above 5 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 20 - 40 |
| Height |
| Rarely taller than 6 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| General Description |
| An evergreen, clump-forming shrub growing about 6 metres tall. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Beaches and near the seashore. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaves linear, 0.8-1.5 m long and 3-4 cm wide, margins dentate, especially basally and apically, midrib dorsally dentate. |
| Flower Description |
| Male inflorescence a raceme of about 9 spikes, in total about 21 cm × 9 cm; each spike about 5 cm × 2 cm, with numerous, congested, sessile, 6-8 mm long flowers. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruits oblong or cylindrical syncarps, orange to red when ripe. |
| Ethnobotanical Uses (Disclaimer) |
| Dried prepared leaves can be woven into mats and other similar articles. |
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